Monthly Archive for September, 2011

: September, 2011

9.11.01 Memorial Plaza, Palm Beach Gardens 26º 48′ 33″ N / 80º 06′ 58″ W NE corner of Northlake Blvd and Howell Lane in Palm Beach Gardens FL On this tenth anniversary I vividly remember that morning, as most of us do. Each recalling where each was the instant it was learned of the indiscriminate […]…

Hurricane Irene — aviation’s history “no damage” report (continued) Hurricane Irene had the potential to damage much of aviation’s history since so many museums and air parks where in her path. Winds, of course, get most of the media’s attention but water in the form of rain as well as flood does as much — or more […]…

Grumman F7F Tigercat WW II ended to early for the Tigercat to prove its worth as a combat design and was a fighter designed for the upcoming large Midway class aircraft carriers. Two 2100 hp (1566kW), a fuselage only just wide enough to carry a flight crew of two in tandem cockpits made for speed — […]…

Huey Insertion — full scale diorama SSGT Howard C. Breedlove photographed a hilltop insertion of troops on 24 April 1967. These photographs — taken during Operation Oregon and about 3km west of Duc Pho, Vietnam — give us an intimate view during the hilltop landing of one of the squads belonging to Rifle Platoon B, 1st Squadron, […]…

Hurricane Irene — aviation’s history “no damage” report Hurricane Irene had the potential to damage much of aviation’s history since so many museums and air parks where in her path. Winds, of course, get most of the media’s attention but water in the form of rain as well as flood does as much — or more — damage. […]…

Curtiss F11C Goshawk This aircraft is one of only two existing in the world, more on that later, and this on is in the National Naval Aviation Museum. The historical niche occupied by the F11C Goshawk is in dive bombing as it was the first aircraft used to develop the technique. A technique that was […]…